About Nick Plain
I’m a gadget enthusiast, iPhone owner, video gamer and all-round geek. I’d rather lose an arm than lose the internet.
I’m firmly entrenched in the Apple ecosystem, owning an iPhone 4S, iPad 3, Apple TV and my trusty iPod classic – although I do still use Windows on my laptop.
When I’m not in front of a screen I can probably be found out walking on the hills – armed of course with a GPS app :-)
You can contact me on Twitter @themightyjag or by mail [email protected]
Dropbox buys Mailbox in reported $100m deal
Mailbox, the iPhone app designed to ease the pain of trying to clear your inbox on a daily basis, has gained a lot of attention since its launch, helped no doubt by the waiting list system the team have used [...]
Infinity Blade goes free on App Store
Infinity Blade, the multi award winning iOS action RPG, is Apple’s App of the Week this week. That means you can pick it up for the grand total of zero pence. The first iOS game to use the Unreal Engine [...]
App Store downloads pass 40 billion – with almost 20 billion in 2012 alone
Apple announced today that their App Store has seen over 40 billion apps downloaded, with almost half of those downloads coming in 2012. In the month of December, there were over two billion downloads, a record-breaking month for Apple. In [...]
iOS App Review – Hundreds
Puzzle games are a well-established mainstay of iOS apps, especially those which are easy to pick up and play for a quick blast. Hundreds, the latest app from Semi Secret Software, has arrived and is looking to join the ranks [...]
Cut the Rope creators release their new game, Pudding Monsters – update – now available for Android
After the runaway success of Cut the Rope, Russian developers Zeptolab have today released their latest game, Pudding Monsters. The game follows Cut the Rope’s style of cute graphics allied with addictive gameplay, and the familiar ascending difficulty curve. The basic premise [...]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City coming to iOS and Android
On October 29th, it will be 10 years since Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, one of the most popular titles in the series. To mark this anniversary, Rockstar are enhancing the game for release on iOS and Android devices. Details, [...]
Starbucks iOS app adds Passbook support – in the US
When iOS6 was announced, Passbook was one of the main new features, with Starbucks being one of the biggest names to be associated with it. An update to the app on the US app store now brings the functionality which [...]
Confirmed – iPhone 5 will run on 4G, coming to EE
The new iPhone, to be launched this evening will, as expected, run on EE’s new 4G network. It’s been rumoured for a while that the new iPhone will contain 4G technology, and while EE would only say “other devices will [...]
iOS app review – 5K Runmeter
All my life I’ve been a hopeless runner. No matter how hard I tried I’ve never been able to run for more than a couple of minutes. I was determined to change that, so a few months ago I started [...]
Samsung set to bring new colours to the Galaxy S III range – and one’s an LTE exclusive
Following last week’s news that Samsung sold 20 million Galaxy S III handsets in 100 days, the manufacturer are looking to build on that success with the addition of four new colour schemes to the range. In keeping with the [...]
UK mobile payments platform gets the go-ahead
The European Commission today gave clearance for the joint venture between Everything Everywhere, O2 and Vodafone to bring an open mobile commerce solution to the UK. In a statement from the companies, they announced their intention to get the system [...]
What will the new iPhone have? This guy knows.
As the speculation around Apple’s new iPhone accelerates towards hysteric levels, you could go crazy trying to keep up with all the rumours and leaks. So here’s some light relief for us all, with Dilbert’s take on matters. Source: Dilbert
My Phone History – by Nick Plain
Continuing last weeks theme of “My Phone History”, today we go with Nick Plain. Who wins the award for owning the worst looking phone ever with that Alcatel. Here is Nicks history. Nokia 5146 I spent a lot of time [...]
Coolsmartphone recommended iOS app: Defense Zone HD
The tower defense genre is a well established one in gaming, and there are plenty to choose from on the App Store. But a star in the field is Defense Zone HD, from developer Artem Kotov. While the gameplay follows [...]
iOS 6 feature compatibility – what will work on your device?
Following yesterday’s story about iOS 6′s new turn-by-turn feature requiring an iPhone 4S, we’ve pulled together a handy run-down of which features will work on which iOS devices when iOS 6 is released in the autumn. iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPad [...]
iOS Turn-by-turn will need the latest devices
As Apple announced yesterday at WWDC – see here for our overview – iOS 6 will feature a brand new Maps app, including turn-by-turn navigation. Great, and long awaited, news for the iOS community. But a footnote on Apple’s preview [...]
Coolsmartphone Recommended iOS App – iOSMaps
Anyone who spends time outdoors in the UK probably knows that Ordnance Survey maps are darned useful, not to mention incredibly detailed. Showing paths, rights of way, hill features and even power lines, the OS range are the go-to choice [...]
Draw Something tops 50 million downloads – hailed as “fastest-growing mobile game of all time”
The runaway success of drawing game Draw Something was illustrated today by a Zynga statement, with claims the app has been downloaded 50 million times in 50 days – it doesn’t take a maths genius to work out that’s a [...]
The iPad event is almost here… so what will it bring?
Today’s the day when the wait is finally over, the speculation comes to an end, and we find out which of the rumours were accurate, which were way off the mark, and what Apple managed to slip completely under the [...]
App Review – Team Time Tracker
Keeping track of a project team can be a tricky business, with monitoring tasks, expenses and the like – not to mention dealing with the clients you’re delivering to. It’s hard enough doing this for one project and one client. [...]
